Brock Wilbur
Editor-in-Chief
Articles
Photos: IDLES was very loud and good at The Truman
Letter from the Editor: Coin-operated boy
The Company Man is a Blunder Mifflin platformer you’ll immediately forget
Effing it Up: Birdie Hansen waxes nostalgic for a time before her candle empire burst into flames [in a good way]
Glorious is puts glory into an abandoned rest stop hole
Murder By Death’s Adam Turla has finally reached the other other shore with Spell/Bound, new tour [updated]
Murder By Death co-headline with Amigo the Devil at Lemonade Park on Aug. 9.
Monster Closets: 2005’s Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth inspires insanity for all involved
Tim Heidecker is back on tour and back in time with his new album High School
Eyes of the nation turn to today’s elections in KS and MO
Letter from the Editor: Escort service
Effing it Up: Birdie Hansen’s wicks and politics at Effing Candle Co.
Streetwise podcast rewinds the tape on Making Movies, walk the runway on 18th Street
The Coterie’s Alice’s Wonderland is a high-energy children’s hip-hop musical about Black girls programming video games
Streetwise podcast gets weird with Tim Heidecker, has a bittersweet symphony with Emily Cox
The Bridge 90.9’s full 909 song playlist of the best in ’00s music
Streetwise podcast talks touring with Honus Honus, visits the goats at Saltwell Farm
Auteur Theory: A close-up on Making Movies’ long shot
Letter from the Editor: Shopping the PopMart in this month’s music issue
Streetwise newsletter: Got your goat? Now is the time for Raytown to study Goat Law
Streetwise podcast comes to you live from Boulevardia!
Streetwise podcast takes time to respect humanity, rage to The Way Way Back
Bandcamp’s Juneteenth fundraiser runs until midnight tonight
Buried this deep in nostalgia, Jurassic World: Dominion might as well be encased in amber
Streetwise podcast rocks to pure xtc, cackles with Anna May Smith
Documentary Vinyl Nation celebrates the joys of musical inconvenience
"This is some Zork shit. There's a diamond that's bumping between this canyon."
Molière’s The Imaginary Cuckold reimagined at Melting Pot as a reality TV show with an all-Black cast
Secrets and Lies scripts social media cheating but built on a 1660 play.
Monster Closets: 1992’s Alone in the Dark pioneered 3D survival horror in low-polygonal glory
Streetwise newsletter: Kansas City Actors Theatre’s The Price stages unfortunately timely issues
The Pitch’s 2022 summer guide to the best of KC events
Heat wave.
Letter from the Editor: The complicated calculus of meat math
Streetwise podcast has non-evil stormtroopers and cosplay goddess Briana Lawrence
Fridays are for geeking out over caring about others. At least this Friday is. Next week we'll get back to righteous anger.
Streetwise newsletter: 25 years of getting fitter, happier, and more productive with OK Computer
Celebrating an iconic album about being totally alone with technology, your thoughts, and crushing anxiety. A good time all around!
The Bob’s Burger’s Movie is a great intro for new fans, and a pleasant time for everyone else
Premiere: Boxknife unveil queer dark-pop banger track “The Tower”
Makes us wish there was a Donnie Darko sequel worthy of this synth shout-sincerity.
Cult escape drama The Aviary gets as lost as its characters
The Old Man and The Old Moon is better than any of us deserve
Letter from the Editor: Love, loss, and Pot Roast
Streetwise newsletter: Adventures in 900 numbers with grandpa
Pete the Cat is a testament to the power of Coterie’s talent pool
Two performances remain of The White Theatre’s Surviving Hitler